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                                2025 April 1

                   A Double Sunrise from a Partial Eclipse
    Video Credit & Copyright: Jason Kurth; Music: House of the Rising Sun
                      (Sebastia McQueen via SoundCloud)

   Explanation: Can the Sun appear to rise twice at the same time? This
   was just the case a few days ago from Les Escoumins, Quebec, Canada as
   our Solar System's bright central orb rose just as it was being
   partially eclipsed by the Moon. The featured video shows this unusual
   double-sunrise in real time and being reflected by the St. Lawrence
   River. Soon after the initial two spots of light appear over distant
   clouds, what appears to be bright horns become visible -- which are
   really just parts of the Sun not being eclipsed. Soon, the entire
   eclipsed Sun is visible above the horizon. In all, this broken sunrise
   took less than two minutes during a partial eclipse that lasted many
   times longer. Although the Moon circles the Earth once a month
   (moon-th), it does not always eclipse the Sun because its tilted orbit
   usually takes it above or below.

                Gallery: Partial Solar Eclipse of 2025 March
                       Tomorrow's picture: jupiter red
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